2.5.10 Mapping Utility System Needs

LPDD Recommendation: “States should assure that each community is entitled to prompt, convenient access to aggregate information gath­ered by public utilities about their citizens’ energy use and the energy services the citizens deliver.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States should implement, on an integrated basis, actions similar to those in California, so that grid-edge owner­ship structures can be integrated with long-term utility planning to identify locations for grid-edge resources.”

LPDD Recommendation: “State utility commissions should require distribution companies to compile and release information needed to enable utility-private partnerships and other sales of services to support the distribution grid.”

LPDD Recommendation: “State utility commissions should require utility planning that identifies locations on the utility distribution systems where location of grid-edge resources can avoid the need for additional distribution assets, and should encourage utilities to engage in “utility-private partnerships” to procure services from grid-edge resources.”

NY REV Proceeding

New York utilities must develop methodologies for assessing distribution system needs and the potential value of DER solutions.